SocialSciences Research News


	UCI sociologist provides a sobering rejoinder to China's red revival New book by Yang Su details atrocities committed in the countryside during the Cultural Revolution
	Garcia, Chicano/Latino studies '11, is UROP's July Researcher of the Month Recent grad pursues research on AB 540 student support on California campuses
	Sociologist Jennifer Lee takes part in D.C. discussion on immigration, intermarriage and multiracial identification Watch video highlights, courtesy of C-SPAN
	Graduate students Harry Hong, economics, and Shunan Zhang, cognitive sciences, receive Phi Beta Kappa Alumni International honors Harry (Hyung Ju) Hong, economics, and Shunan Zhang, cognitive sciences
	Sereseres is UCI's 2011 Professor of the Year Cognitive scientist Lisa Pearl also recognized for excellence in undergraduate teaching at annual Celebration of Teaching awards ceremony
	Russell Dalton, professor of political science, weighs in on the early presidential race Russell Dalton, professor of political science, weighs in on the early presidential race
	Social sciences dean’s research on perceptual learning, memory and attention earns her election to the National Academy of Sciences Social sciences dean’s research on perceptual learning, memory and attention earns her election to the National Academy of Sciences
	Solinger earns UCI Emeriti Association’s Outstanding Mentoring Award Honor recognizes the political scientist’s mentoring efforts above and beyond her regular faculty responsibilities
	Professor Bill Maurer, 2011 Lauds & Laurels award winner, on the allure and applications of anthropology in the 21st century Professor Bill Maurer, 2011 Lauds & Laurels award winner, on the allure and applications of anthropology in the 21st century
	Garcia and Faust receive UROP Chancellor’s Excellence Awards Awards recognize excellence in conducting and supporting undergraduate research
	Study: California’s economic climate is sunnier than previously thought UCI economist David Neumark finds non-policy factors such as weather and geography play greater role in predicting states’ economic growth than traditional business climate index measures
	Sociology lecturer Sam Gilmore is UROP's May Faculty Mentor of the Month Honor recognizes Gilmore for his more than 20 years of undergraduate research mentorship
	Sociologists Lee and Bean earn 2011 Duncan Award for The Diversity Paradox ASA award recognizes book as most significant contribution to social demography from 2009-2011
	Sociologist Bolzendahl's Counted Out: Same-Sex Relations and Americans wins Goode Award ASA award recognizes book as best book published on the family
	Social sciences dean and cognitive scientist Barbara Dosher elected to National Academy of Sciences Selection considered one of the highest honors for a U.S. scientist
	Dalai Lama Scholar promotes religious tolerance Armaan Rowther, public health science undergrad and Olive Tree Initiative student, plans a series of events on interfaith cooperation
	Solinger’s States’ Gains, Labor’s Losses earns Outstanding Title honors from Choice Honor recognizes book as one of the most significant print and electronic works reviewed in the magazine in 2010
	IMTFI researcher studies Afghan monetary practices to learn how emerging mobile money industry could make lasting economic impact UCI IMTFI researcher studies Afghan monetary practices to learn how the emerging mobile money industry could make a lasting economic impact
	Study coauthored by Chicano/Latino studies assistant professor Belinda Campos finds health benefits of expressive writing do not apply equally across all cultures Study coauthored by Chicano/Latino studies assistant professor Belinda Campos finds health benefits of expressive writing do not apply equally across all cultures
	Anthropologist receives grant to study how the world’s largest nation is handling gender imbalance Anthropologist receives grant to study how the world’s largest nation is handling gender imbalance